Jose Ortiz-Benabe, charged with attempted homicide for severely beating another man in Bethlehem, walks into District Justice Nancy Matos-Gonzalez's district court in Bethlehem for his preliminary hearing on Tuesday morning.

Jose Ortiz-Benabe, charged with attempted homicide for severely beating another man in Bethlehem, walks into District Justice Nancy Matos-Gonzalez's district court in Bethlehem for his preliminary hearing on Tuesday morning. (EMILY PAINE / THE MORNING CALL)

Jose Ortiz-Benabe, charged with attempted homicide for severely beating another man in Bethlehem, walks into District Justice Nancy Matos-Gonzalez's district court in Bethlehem for his preliminary hearing on Tuesday morning.

Jose Ortiz-Benabe, charged with attempted homicide for severely beating another man in Bethlehem, walks into District Justice Nancy Matos-Gonzalez's district court in Bethlehem for his preliminary hearing on Tuesday morning. (EMILY PAINE / THE MORNING CALL)